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Frequency effects in language acquisition defining the limits of frequency as an explanatory concept /

Table of Contents: “…/ Natalia Gagarina -- Structural versus frequency effects in L1 acquisition of the passive and impersonal in Serbian / Milja Djurkovic -- The (non-) effect of input frequency on the acquisition of word order in Norwegian embedded clauses / Marit Westergaard and Kristine Bentzen -- Factors determining the acquisition of animacy in Czech / Denisa Bordag -- A note on acquisition in frequency-based accounts of binding phenomena / Jason Mattausch and Insa Gülzow -- Principles, parameters and probabilities / Rosalind Thornton, Stephen Crain and Graciela Tesan -- The role of frequency in language acquisition / Katherine Demuth -- Counting grammars / Charles Yang.…”
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Frequency effects in language acquisition defining the limits of frequency as an explanatory concept /

Table of Contents: “…/ Natalia Gagarina -- Structural versus frequency effects in L1 acquisition of the passive and impersonal in Serbian / Milja Djurkovic -- The (non-) effect of input frequency on the acquisition of word order in Norwegian embedded clauses / Marit Westergaard and Kristine Bentzen -- Factors determining the acquisition of animacy in Czech / Denisa Bordag -- A note on acquisition in frequency-based accounts of binding phenomena / Jason Mattausch and Insa Gülzow -- Principles, parameters and probabilities / Rosalind Thornton, Stephen Crain and Graciela Tesan -- The role of frequency in language acquisition / Katherine Demuth -- Counting grammars / Charles Yang.…”
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A grammar of Bilinarra : an Australian aboriginal language of the Northern Territory / by Meakins, Felicity

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A grammar of Bilinarra : an Australian aboriginal language of the Northern Territory / by Meakins, Felicity

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Describing and modeling variation in grammar

Table of Contents: “…/ Bert Cappelle -- Empirical syntax: idiolectal variability in two- and three-verb clusters in regional standard Dutch and Dutch dialects / Leonie Cornips -- Towards a multivariate model of grammar: the case of word order variation in Dutch clause final verb clusters / Gert de Sutter -- Transplanted dialects and language change: question formation in Québec / Martin Elsig and Shana Poplack -- Agreement in English dialects / Verena Haser and Bernd Kortmann -- Semi-modal variation / Katarina Klein -- Variation in Komi object marking / Gerson Klumpp -- How lexicalization reflected in hyphenation affects variation and word-formation / Britta Mondorf -- Variation in German adjective inflection: a corpus study / Said Sahel.…”
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The Septuagint's translation of the Hebrew verbal system in Chronicles by Good, Roger

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- The plan of this study -- Previous studies -- This study compared with previous studies -- The translators, their task and achievement -- The translators and their background -- The Alexandrian Jewish community-its language and culture -- The reason(s) for the translation -- The translators -- The place and time of translation -- Their task and achievement -- The source text and the prestige of the source and target languages -- Model(s) for and precedents of translation -- The method of translation -- The achievement of the translators-what was produced, and their ability -- The reception of the Septuagint -- The Hebrew and Greek verb systems -- Excursus: Verbal features: aktionsart-lexis and the text-linguistic context -- Lexical meaning (lexis) -- Context : clause types and discourse pragmatics -- The Hebrew verb system -- Indicative forms -- Participles and infinitives -- Volitive forms -- Clause types -- Changes in the Hebrew verbal system -- The Greek verb system -- Indicative mood -- Participles and infinitives -- Volitive forms -- Clause types -- The translation of Hebrew verbs in Chronicles -- The production and translation of Chronicles -- Verb forms in Chronicles according to text types -- The Hebrew verb forms with their Greek equivalents -- Indicative forms -- Participles and infinitives -- The translation of verb forms according to clause types and historical-linguistic changes -- The rationale for Greek verb forms -- Greek indicative forms and participles -- Indicative forms -- Participles and other forms -- Anomalies in the translation of verbs -- Minuses and pluses -- Word order variation -- Structure and clause type variation -- Tense variation -- How the translation of the verbs reflects the translator's understanding of the Hebrew verbal system -- Historical linguistic context : two registers -- Textual linguistic context : clause types, aktionsart, discourse pragmatics, and divine agency -- Cultural context : philosophy and antecedents of translation.…”
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Language acquisition studies in generative grammar papers in honor of Kenneth Wexler from the 1991 GLOW workshops /

Table of Contents: “…: on the acquisition of root wh-questions in Bernese Swiss German and Standard German / Zvi Penner -- Successful cyclic movement / Rosalind Thornton & Stephen Crain -- Early acquisition of scrambling in Japanese / Yukio Otsu -- Direct access to X'-theory : evidence from Korean and Turkish adults learning German / Anne Vainikka & Martha Young-Scholten -- Word order and nominative case in non-native language acquisition : a longitudinal study of (L1 Turkish) German interlanguage / Bonnie D. …”
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Describing and modeling variation in grammar

Table of Contents: “…/ Bert Cappelle -- Empirical syntax: idiolectal variability in two- and three-verb clusters in regional standard Dutch and Dutch dialects / Leonie Cornips -- Towards a multivariate model of grammar: the case of word order variation in Dutch clause final verb clusters / Gert de Sutter -- Transplanted dialects and language change: question formation in Québec / Martin Elsig and Shana Poplack -- Agreement in English dialects / Verena Haser and Bernd Kortmann -- Semi-modal variation / Katarina Klein -- Variation in Komi object marking / Gerson Klumpp -- How lexicalization reflected in hyphenation affects variation and word-formation / Britta Mondorf -- Variation in German adjective inflection: a corpus study / Said Sahel.…”
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The Septuagint's translation of the Hebrew verbal system in Chronicles by Good, Roger

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- The plan of this study -- Previous studies -- This study compared with previous studies -- The translators, their task and achievement -- The translators and their background -- The Alexandrian Jewish community-its language and culture -- The reason(s) for the translation -- The translators -- The place and time of translation -- Their task and achievement -- The source text and the prestige of the source and target languages -- Model(s) for and precedents of translation -- The method of translation -- The achievement of the translators-what was produced, and their ability -- The reception of the Septuagint -- The Hebrew and Greek verb systems -- Excursus: Verbal features: aktionsart-lexis and the text-linguistic context -- Lexical meaning (lexis) -- Context : clause types and discourse pragmatics -- The Hebrew verb system -- Indicative forms -- Participles and infinitives -- Volitive forms -- Clause types -- Changes in the Hebrew verbal system -- The Greek verb system -- Indicative mood -- Participles and infinitives -- Volitive forms -- Clause types -- The translation of Hebrew verbs in Chronicles -- The production and translation of Chronicles -- Verb forms in Chronicles according to text types -- The Hebrew verb forms with their Greek equivalents -- Indicative forms -- Participles and infinitives -- The translation of verb forms according to clause types and historical-linguistic changes -- The rationale for Greek verb forms -- Greek indicative forms and participles -- Indicative forms -- Participles and other forms -- Anomalies in the translation of verbs -- Minuses and pluses -- Word order variation -- Structure and clause type variation -- Tense variation -- How the translation of the verbs reflects the translator's understanding of the Hebrew verbal system -- Historical linguistic context : two registers -- Textual linguistic context : clause types, aktionsart, discourse pragmatics, and divine agency -- Cultural context : philosophy and antecedents of translation.…”
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Language acquisition studies in generative grammar papers in honor of Kenneth Wexler from the 1991 GLOW workshops /

Table of Contents: “…: on the acquisition of root wh-questions in Bernese Swiss German and Standard German / Zvi Penner -- Successful cyclic movement / Rosalind Thornton & Stephen Crain -- Early acquisition of scrambling in Japanese / Yukio Otsu -- Direct access to X'-theory : evidence from Korean and Turkish adults learning German / Anne Vainikka & Martha Young-Scholten -- Word order and nominative case in non-native language acquisition : a longitudinal study of (L1 Turkish) German interlanguage / Bonnie D. …”
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Theoretical analyses on Romance languages selected papers from the 26th Linguistic Symposium on Romance Languages (LSRL XXVI), Mexico City, 28-30 March 1996 /

Table of Contents: “…Machine generated contents note: Prefacev -- Antonia Androutsopoulou -- Genitives in Aromanian dialects1 -- Deborah Arteaga -- On optionality in the Minimalist Program and -- Old French word order23 -- Jennifer Austin, Maria Blume, David Parkinson, -- Zelmira Nfniez del Prado, Barbara Lust -- Interactions between pragmatic and syntactic knowledge in the first -- language acquisition of Spanish null and overt pronominals 35 -- Barbara E. …”
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Theoretical analyses on Romance languages selected papers from the 26th Linguistic Symposium on Romance Languages (LSRL XXVI), Mexico City, 28-30 March 1996 /

Table of Contents: “…Machine generated contents note: Prefacev -- Antonia Androutsopoulou -- Genitives in Aromanian dialects1 -- Deborah Arteaga -- On optionality in the Minimalist Program and -- Old French word order23 -- Jennifer Austin, Maria Blume, David Parkinson, -- Zelmira Nfniez del Prado, Barbara Lust -- Interactions between pragmatic and syntactic knowledge in the first -- language acquisition of Spanish null and overt pronominals 35 -- Barbara E. …”
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Seeking out the wisdom of the ancients essays offered to honor Michael V. Fox on the occasion of his sixty-fifth birthday /

Table of Contents: “…Crenshaw -- Genericity, tense, and verbal patterns in the sentence literature of Proverbs / John A. Cook -- Word order in the book of Proverbs / Robert D. Holmstedt -- Exegetical and stylistic analysis of a number of aphorisms in the book of Proverbs : mitigation of monotony in repetitions in parallel texts / Shamir Yona -- Forming "fearers of Yahweh" : repetition and contradiction as pedagogy in Proverbs / Christine Roy Yoder -- Visual metaphors and Proverbs 5:15-20 : some archaeological reflections on gendered iconography / Carole R. …”
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Translation in second language learning and teaching

Table of Contents: “…Translation exercises : practical applications / Theo Harden -- Improving syntactical skills through translation? making L2 word order visible in the L1 through word-by-word translations / Michael Merlein -- Learning, translating and teaching language : cultural resonance, individual research and the contribution of information technology / Graham Howells -- Translation as a fifth skill in EFL classes at secondary school level / Neide Ferreira Gaspar -- Translating as a way of improving language control in the mind of an L2 learner : assets, requirements and challenges of translation tasks / Boguslawa Whyatt -- Language learning through sight translation / Jeanne Van Dyk -- Terminology as an aid to enhancing reading skills / Rossa O'Muireartaigh -- Inter-semiotic translation in foreign language acquisition : the case of subtitles : reading and translating literature in the foreign language classroom / Laura Incalcaterra Mcloughlin -- Teaching poetry translation to undergraduate students in Hong Kong / Kar Yue Chan -- Zwischen tür und angel? …”
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Seeking out the wisdom of the ancients essays offered to honor Michael V. Fox on the occasion of his sixty-fifth birthday /

Table of Contents: “…Crenshaw -- Genericity, tense, and verbal patterns in the sentence literature of Proverbs / John A. Cook -- Word order in the book of Proverbs / Robert D. Holmstedt -- Exegetical and stylistic analysis of a number of aphorisms in the book of Proverbs : mitigation of monotony in repetitions in parallel texts / Shamir Yona -- Forming "fearers of Yahweh" : repetition and contradiction as pedagogy in Proverbs / Christine Roy Yoder -- Visual metaphors and Proverbs 5:15-20 : some archaeological reflections on gendered iconography / Carole R. …”
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Translation in second language learning and teaching

Table of Contents: “…Translation exercises : practical applications / Theo Harden -- Improving syntactical skills through translation? making L2 word order visible in the L1 through word-by-word translations / Michael Merlein -- Learning, translating and teaching language : cultural resonance, individual research and the contribution of information technology / Graham Howells -- Translation as a fifth skill in EFL classes at secondary school level / Neide Ferreira Gaspar -- Translating as a way of improving language control in the mind of an L2 learner : assets, requirements and challenges of translation tasks / Boguslawa Whyatt -- Language learning through sight translation / Jeanne Van Dyk -- Terminology as an aid to enhancing reading skills / Rossa O'Muireartaigh -- Inter-semiotic translation in foreign language acquisition : the case of subtitles : reading and translating literature in the foreign language classroom / Laura Incalcaterra Mcloughlin -- Teaching poetry translation to undergraduate students in Hong Kong / Kar Yue Chan -- Zwischen tür und angel? …”
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Language acquisition the growth of grammar / by Guasti, Maria Teresa

Table of Contents: “…10 -- 1.6 The Critical Period 20 -- Chapter 2 -- First Steps into Language 23 -- Introduction 23 -- 2.1 The Quest for the Native Language 24 -- 2.2 Learning the Phonemic Contrasts of the Native Language 40 -- 2.3 Infants' Speech Production 47 -- 2.4 Summary and Concluding Remarks 52 -- Chapter 3 -- Acquisition of the Lexicon 55 -- Introduction 55 -- 3.1 Why Finding Words Is a Problem 56 -- 3.2 Why Acquiring the Meaning of Words Is a Problem 74 -- 3.3 Acquisition of Verbs 80 -- 3.4 Bootstrapping of Syntax 90 -- 3.5 Summary and Concluding Remarks 96 -- Chapter 4 -- The Emergence of Syntax 101 -- Introduction 101 -- 4.1 Word Order in Children's Productions 101 -- 4.2 The Structure of Early Clauses 103 -- 4.3 The Subject Agreement Relation 120 -- 4.4 Root Infinitives 128 -- 4.5 Summary and Concluding Remarks 146 -- Chapter 5 -- Null Subjects in Early Languages 151 -- Introduction 15 -- 5.1 Parametric Accounts of Early Null Subjects 152 -- 5.2 Root Null Subjects 160 -- 5.3 Performance Accounts 179 -- 5.4 Summary and Concluding Remarks 183 -- Chapter 6 -- Acquisition of Wh-Movement 187 -- Introduction 187 -- 6.1 Question Formation in Early Systems 188 -- 6.2 Auxless Questions in Early English 202 -- 6.3 Long-Distance Wh-Movement 209 -- 6.4 Relative Clauses 220 -- 6.5 Summary and Concluding Remarks 240 -- Chapter 7 -- Acquisition of NP-Movement 245 -- Introduction 245 -- 7.1 Passive Constructions in Adult and Child Grammar 246 -- 7.2 A Maturational Account of Early Passive Constructions 252 -- 7.3 Problems with the Maturational Account 254 -- 7.4 New Findings about Early Passives 260 -- 7.5 Summary and Concluding Remarks 268 -- Chapter 8 -- Acquisition of the Binding Principles 271 -- Introduction 271 -- 8.1 The Binding Theory 272 -- 8.2 Principle A 285 -- 8.3 Principle B 290 -- 8.4 Principle C 300 -- 8.5 Summary and Concluding Remarks 308 -- Chapter 9 -- Aspects of the Acquisition of Quantification 313 -- Introduction 313 -- 9.1 Prerequisites for Handling Quantificational Structures 314 -- 9.2 The Structure of Quantified NPs and the Syntax-Semantics Mapping 316 -- 9.3 Children's Errors with Universal Quantification 329 -- 9.4 Summary and Concluding Remarks 343 -- Chapter 10 -- Acquisition of Control 347 -- Introduction 347 -- 10.1 Aspects of the Theory of Control 348 -- 10.2 The Structure-Changing Hypothesis 350 -- 10.3 The Maturation Iypothesis 356 -- 10.4 The Lexical-Syntactic Integration Hypothesis 365 -- 10.5 Summary and Concluding Remarks 371 -- Chapter 11 -- Dissociation between Language and Other Cognitive Abilities 375 -- Introduction 375 -- 11.1 Impaired Language in Otherwise Normal Children: Specific Language -- Impairment 376 -- 11.2 Approaches to Specific Language Impairment 378 -- 11.3 Relatively Intact Language in an Otherwise Impaired System: Williams -- Syndrome 398 -- 11.4 Summary and Concluding Remarks 403 -- Appendix A: Normal or Gaussian Distribution 405 -- Appendix B: Tests to Assess Specific Language Impairment 406 -- Notes 409 -- Glossary 423 -- References 429 -- Index 467.…”
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Language acquisition the growth of grammar / by Guasti, Maria Teresa

Table of Contents: “…10 -- 1.6 The Critical Period 20 -- Chapter 2 -- First Steps into Language 23 -- Introduction 23 -- 2.1 The Quest for the Native Language 24 -- 2.2 Learning the Phonemic Contrasts of the Native Language 40 -- 2.3 Infants' Speech Production 47 -- 2.4 Summary and Concluding Remarks 52 -- Chapter 3 -- Acquisition of the Lexicon 55 -- Introduction 55 -- 3.1 Why Finding Words Is a Problem 56 -- 3.2 Why Acquiring the Meaning of Words Is a Problem 74 -- 3.3 Acquisition of Verbs 80 -- 3.4 Bootstrapping of Syntax 90 -- 3.5 Summary and Concluding Remarks 96 -- Chapter 4 -- The Emergence of Syntax 101 -- Introduction 101 -- 4.1 Word Order in Children's Productions 101 -- 4.2 The Structure of Early Clauses 103 -- 4.3 The Subject Agreement Relation 120 -- 4.4 Root Infinitives 128 -- 4.5 Summary and Concluding Remarks 146 -- Chapter 5 -- Null Subjects in Early Languages 151 -- Introduction 15 -- 5.1 Parametric Accounts of Early Null Subjects 152 -- 5.2 Root Null Subjects 160 -- 5.3 Performance Accounts 179 -- 5.4 Summary and Concluding Remarks 183 -- Chapter 6 -- Acquisition of Wh-Movement 187 -- Introduction 187 -- 6.1 Question Formation in Early Systems 188 -- 6.2 Auxless Questions in Early English 202 -- 6.3 Long-Distance Wh-Movement 209 -- 6.4 Relative Clauses 220 -- 6.5 Summary and Concluding Remarks 240 -- Chapter 7 -- Acquisition of NP-Movement 245 -- Introduction 245 -- 7.1 Passive Constructions in Adult and Child Grammar 246 -- 7.2 A Maturational Account of Early Passive Constructions 252 -- 7.3 Problems with the Maturational Account 254 -- 7.4 New Findings about Early Passives 260 -- 7.5 Summary and Concluding Remarks 268 -- Chapter 8 -- Acquisition of the Binding Principles 271 -- Introduction 271 -- 8.1 The Binding Theory 272 -- 8.2 Principle A 285 -- 8.3 Principle B 290 -- 8.4 Principle C 300 -- 8.5 Summary and Concluding Remarks 308 -- Chapter 9 -- Aspects of the Acquisition of Quantification 313 -- Introduction 313 -- 9.1 Prerequisites for Handling Quantificational Structures 314 -- 9.2 The Structure of Quantified NPs and the Syntax-Semantics Mapping 316 -- 9.3 Children's Errors with Universal Quantification 329 -- 9.4 Summary and Concluding Remarks 343 -- Chapter 10 -- Acquisition of Control 347 -- Introduction 347 -- 10.1 Aspects of the Theory of Control 348 -- 10.2 The Structure-Changing Hypothesis 350 -- 10.3 The Maturation Iypothesis 356 -- 10.4 The Lexical-Syntactic Integration Hypothesis 365 -- 10.5 Summary and Concluding Remarks 371 -- Chapter 11 -- Dissociation between Language and Other Cognitive Abilities 375 -- Introduction 375 -- 11.1 Impaired Language in Otherwise Normal Children: Specific Language -- Impairment 376 -- 11.2 Approaches to Specific Language Impairment 378 -- 11.3 Relatively Intact Language in an Otherwise Impaired System: Williams -- Syndrome 398 -- 11.4 Summary and Concluding Remarks 403 -- Appendix A: Normal or Gaussian Distribution 405 -- Appendix B: Tests to Assess Specific Language Impairment 406 -- Notes 409 -- Glossary 423 -- References 429 -- Index 467.…”
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